Thanks for the link, Rita.

It confirms that, as I thought, you can't actually text from a Mac, but you can use an iPhone as a conduit to do it.

And it is, INDEED, a pleasure to be able to avoid typing on an iPhone.

The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire